Samsung Announces the Availability of Exynos 5 Octa for New Generation of Mobile Devices

Samsung Announces the Availability of Exynos 5 Octa for New Generation of
Mobile Devices
Business Wire
SEOUL, South Korea -- March 14, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor
solutions, announced that its new Exynos 5 Octa application processor is
scheduled for mass-production in the second quarter of 2013. The Exynos 5 Octa
features an unprecedented eight-core ARM® big.LITTLE™ architecture based on
the Cortex-A15™ CPU, technology built for efficient handling of multitasking
abilities for high-end mobile devices today.
“High processing performance based on multi-cores has become an essential
factor for advanced mobile devices, and what users expect more is how long and
seamlessly they can enjoy smart mobile computing experiences,” said Taehoon
Kim, vice president of marketing, System LSI Business, Device Solutions
Division, Samsung Electronics. “With the new mobile platform driven by the
Exynos 5 Octa processor, which heralds and fulfills such expectations,
consumers will be able to experience a new level of mobile computing in a few
months.”
As highlighted at CES 2013, the Exynos 5 Octa is the world’s first mobile
application processor to implement the new concept of processing architecture,
big.LITTLE™, based on the Cortex-A15™ CPU to offer optimal core use. By
housing a total of eight cores to draw from—four powerful Cortex-A15™cores for
processing-intense tasks along with Cortex-A7™ quad cores for lighter
workloads—the Exynos 5 Octa enables mobile devices to achieve maximum
performance. This approach offers up to 70 percent energy saving when
performing various tasks, compared to using Cortex-A15™cores only.
The newest Exynos processor will be manufactured using Samsung’s latest
28-nanometer (nm) HKMG (High-k Metal Gate) low power process and power-saving
design, which increases the power efficiency of the processor by minimizing
the static current leakage.
The Samsung Exynos 5 Octa enhances the powerful 3D graphics processing
capabilities by more than two-times over the Exynos 4 Quad.
With today’s advanced display technology transitioning toward ever higher and
sharper resolutions, the Exynos 5 Octa is powerful enough to drive WQXGA
(2560x1600) display, the best crystal-clear resolution currently available for
mobile devices, enabling users to enjoy crisper video images on their premium
smartphones and tablets.
By adopting e-MMC (embedded multimedia card) 5.0 and USB 3.0 interface for the
first time in the industry, the new Exynos application processor boasts fast
data transfer speed, a feature that is increasingly required to support
advanced processing power on mobile devices so that users can fully experience
upgraded mobile computing such as faster booting, web browsing and 3D game
loading.
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa incorporates a full HD 60fps (frame per second) video
hardware codec engine for 1080p video recording and play-back, an embedded 13
mega-pixel 30fps image signal processor interface for high-quality camera
functionality, and 12.8GB/s memory bandwidth interface that enables Full HD
Wifi display.
More information can be found:
- Samsung Exynos brand site : www.samsung.com/exynos
- Samsung Exynos twitter : www.twitter.com/samsungexynos
- Samsung Exynos facebook : www.facebook.com/samsungexynos
- Samsung Exynos Youtube : www.youtube.com/samsungexynos
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening new
possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and
discovery, we are transforming the worlds oftelevisions, smartphones,
personal computers, printers, cameras, home appliances, LTE systems, medical
devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 236,000 people across 79
countries with annual sales exceeding KRW 201 trillion. To discover more,
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Contact:
Editorial Contact:
Samsung Semiconductor Inc.
Lisa Warren-Plungy, 408-544-5377
lwarrenplungy@ssi.samsung.com